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i think if it were up to them to vote, they'd vote to withdraw from both america and afghanistan tomorrow and certainly not get involved in the situation. >> the people who have been there is part of the complex. these guys are not. >> i'm hoping they will be watching book tv or c-span now and invite the people to talk to them. >> absolutely. this has nothing to do with party affiliation, and cuts across all parties are equally guilty in this affair of the decay of our defense. and so we have no reason not to brief anybody who has a serious interest in defense. >> no affiliation with party politics, i agree. there's a string that runs through the whole process. it's called term limits. once you get on capital -- capitol hill, and once you are there, you become part of the problem. it doesn't just exist in the department of defense, i'm familiar with department of affairs, and tsa, and you can take projects in those areas where scanners are stored 250 of them. just like the c-130 program that wept -- went on since, you remember, chuck, 1980, and never asked for another airplane. for the la
i think if it were up to them to vote, they'd vote to withdraw from both america and afghanistan tomorrow and certainly not get involved in the situation. >> the people who have been there is part of the complex. these guys are not. >> i'm hoping they will be watching book tv or c-span now and invite the people to talk to them. >> absolutely. this has nothing to do with party affiliation, and cuts across all parties are equally guilty in this affair of the decay of our...
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so there's two key points for american innovation to bring jobs to america. one is when you get a good idea, having the ability to get it patented and defend the patent. and the other side of that is to enforce that patent throughout the world with our own justice department and, in terms of our state department, in terms of intellectual property rights. it's -- it's amazing that how much of our intellectual property is being stolen by china today. and i want to relate to you a conversation i had with the -- the secretary of commerce, equivalent to our secretary of commerce in china three years ago. when i asked him about intellectual property rights, he was very bold in his statement to say that we're not going to honor them, we're a developing nation and you wouldn't have honored them either. even though they're a signatory to the world trade organization. so it's important that we understand who we're dealing with, people that are going to cheat and steal intellectual property from america. so fixing the patent apparatus will help us get there, but it's ju
so there's two key points for american innovation to bring jobs to america. one is when you get a good idea, having the ability to get it patented and defend the patent. and the other side of that is to enforce that patent throughout the world with our own justice department and, in terms of our state department, in terms of intellectual property rights. it's -- it's amazing that how much of our intellectual property is being stolen by china today. and i want to relate to you a conversation i...
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[applause] >> whom i have described many times consistently as god's gift to america. and so they are there helping on all of us. but the rest of the strategy needed to unfold is what. i had it written up on a continuum, and it passed the repeal of obamacare. i wanted it to be h.r.-1. well, the speaker sets the agenda for each of the first 10 bills and buy priority one-10, it turned out to be h.r. director did with that. we moved that in the second week of the 112th congress then passed the repeal of a. -- the repeal of obamacare. the political configuration was such that they didn't shoot that down. but we have every republican in the united states congress, house and senate has voted to repeal obamacare. they are all on record they want to repeal, everyone. [applause] >> and the next that, this is what i long argued, is we need to shut off the funding to obamacare in every appropriations bill that comes through the united states congress. it has to start in house. not a dime of federal money that can be spent at the house says no, it shall not be spent. we need to ho
[applause] >> whom i have described many times consistently as god's gift to america. and so they are there helping on all of us. but the rest of the strategy needed to unfold is what. i had it written up on a continuum, and it passed the repeal of obamacare. i wanted it to be h.r.-1. well, the speaker sets the agenda for each of the first 10 bills and buy priority one-10, it turned out to be h.r. director did with that. we moved that in the second week of the 112th congress then passed...
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that work is under way all across america. if we do our part by fixing the law, we can accelerate that progress. the urgency for change has never been greater. the plain fact is that america is stagnating while the rest of the world moves ahead of us. the plain fact is that to lead in a new century we have no choice in this matter but to invest in education. no other issue is more critical to our economy, our future, and our way of life. so i look forward to working with you in the coming months to meet this challenge and to renew our commitment to our children and their future by building the education system they desperately need and deserve. thank you so much. i'm now happy to take your questions. >> thank you very much, mr. secretary. thanks again for being with us as ranking member said for the fourth time. thanks again for your willingness to work with us in a bipartisan way. and thanks for your testimony. i was pleased to see in your budget elimination of some 13 programs. that's sort of a baby step in the right directi
that work is under way all across america. if we do our part by fixing the law, we can accelerate that progress. the urgency for change has never been greater. the plain fact is that america is stagnating while the rest of the world moves ahead of us. the plain fact is that to lead in a new century we have no choice in this matter but to invest in education. no other issue is more critical to our economy, our future, and our way of life. so i look forward to working with you in the coming...
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we have a true threat in the united states of america. but at the same time, we also need to uphold our freedoms and liberties, civil liberties and oftentimes i think there's a choice that is given that we need to give up our personal privacy in the name of security and that is in part what we are going to talk about today. i'd like to welcome the ranking member of the subcommittee and those of you watching our live webcast oversight dhaka house of god. i want to thank you for joining us. we will seek testimony from private secretary witnesses from the united states security programs and policies and their relationship to the fourth amendment of the constitution. the united states continues to face serious threats from al qaeda and other terrorist groups since line 11 terse six-point to the american airport security checkpoints and by all accounts will continue to try to do so. december 22nd, 20018 her service ordered a flight from paris to miami where he attempted to detonate explosives active issues. if not for the efforts of passengers
we have a true threat in the united states of america. but at the same time, we also need to uphold our freedoms and liberties, civil liberties and oftentimes i think there's a choice that is given that we need to give up our personal privacy in the name of security and that is in part what we are going to talk about today. i'd like to welcome the ranking member of the subcommittee and those of you watching our live webcast oversight dhaka house of god. i want to thank you for joining us. we...
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is there a program that is more important to america? i can't think of one.f that is the starting point of the new deal, when president roosevelt said we have got to give seniors in america some peace of mind that when retirement rolls around and in their senior years robe around that they will in fact have enough money to live on. not in a luxurious way but the basics. there was a time i can remember in my family and at many american families where grandparents move back in with the kids. there was no place to go. they could no longer work and te they could no longer afford their homes and they became target the larger family. it happened in my family and it happened and others.with then came social security and with a little planning and a little savings and social security checks, senior citizens have independence.it it was a critically important thing. it was an insurance plan. not a welfare plan, an insurance plan that virtually everyca american paid into an every w american drew from. and soe where are we today? iraq and congress i
is there a program that is more important to america? i can't think of one.f that is the starting point of the new deal, when president roosevelt said we have got to give seniors in america some peace of mind that when retirement rolls around and in their senior years robe around that they will in fact have enough money to live on. not in a luxurious way but the basics. there was a time i can remember in my family and at many american families where grandparents move back in with the kids....
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does this america look like? and i believe the best country is to create prosperity through a system that allows individuals to work and agree and create jobs. at home. a lot of system that's full of government spending, government waste, government bureaucracy, government taxation, government regulation. i don't think that's the america we want to build. and so the idea that we want to go home and attack folks and raise taxes and send more money to washington, that's just not going to fix the problem. and i believe we can get there as long as we work together. >> we are out of time. i know you've already returned to your alma mater to talk to students there about life in washington. can you give our c-span viewers here who watch the congress your overriding impression of what it's like to be in the house after your first two months here? >> guest: well, it's -- it's an amazing experience. the problems that we're facing are very challenging. but we have a new group of folks that are very optimistic. like i said t
does this america look like? and i believe the best country is to create prosperity through a system that allows individuals to work and agree and create jobs. at home. a lot of system that's full of government spending, government waste, government bureaucracy, government taxation, government regulation. i don't think that's the america we want to build. and so the idea that we want to go home and attack folks and raise taxes and send more money to washington, that's just not going to fix the...
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we are trying to grow jobs in america. we have finally gotten into positive gross domestic product of our nation's economy. h.r. 1 takes us back the opposite way and threatens the very essence of this economic recovery. 700,000 jobs, but it's not because i say it, mr. president. it's because those in the know say it. ben bernanke, the g.o.p.'s plan will cut jobs. economist mark zandi, the g.o.p. plan would cost 700,000 jobs. another analysis, house spending cuts will hurt economic growth. so what we have is economist after economist telling us that h.r. 1 is a recipe for disaster when it comes to the question of jobs in america. now, that analysis that says that we would slash 700,000 jobs directly impacts the lives of middle class and working families struggling to get back on their feet. they are severe cuts that run roughshod over the green shoots of economic recovery just to satisfy a political agenda. now, i favor smart, commonsense cuts, cuts made with a surgeon's knife, not a meat ax, cuts that are thoughtful, surgi
we are trying to grow jobs in america. we have finally gotten into positive gross domestic product of our nation's economy. h.r. 1 takes us back the opposite way and threatens the very essence of this economic recovery. 700,000 jobs, but it's not because i say it, mr. president. it's because those in the know say it. ben bernanke, the g.o.p.'s plan will cut jobs. economist mark zandi, the g.o.p. plan would cost 700,000 jobs. another analysis, house spending cuts will hurt economic growth. so...
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we have a true threat in the united states of america. but at the same time, we also need to uphold our freedoms and liberties, civil liberties and oftentimes i think there's a choice that is given that we need to give up our personal privacy in the name of security and that is in part what we are going to talk about today. i'd like to welcome the ranking member of the subcommittee and those of you watching our live webcast oversight dhaka house of god. i want to thank you for joining us. we will seek testimony from private secretary witnesses from the united states security programs and policies and their relationship to the fourth amendment of the constitution. the united states continues to face serious threats from al qaeda and other terrorist groups since line 11 terse six-point to the american airport security checkpoints and by all accounts will continue to try to do so. december 22nd, 20018 her service ordered a flight from paris to miami where he attempted to detonate explosives active issues. if not for the efforts of passengers
we have a true threat in the united states of america. but at the same time, we also need to uphold our freedoms and liberties, civil liberties and oftentimes i think there's a choice that is given that we need to give up our personal privacy in the name of security and that is in part what we are going to talk about today. i'd like to welcome the ranking member of the subcommittee and those of you watching our live webcast oversight dhaka house of god. i want to thank you for joining us. we...
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in rural america. for a long time, veterans from rural america have been underserved when it comes to employment. we realized this last year when we launched a pilot program in washington state, a very innovative partnership, will commit veterans service organizations, state government teams, corp. for community service, were the first time we get boots on the ground in rural america. we're calling and contacting veterans of america is the duty on employment services? when they say yes, we're right there knocking on their door, giving them one-on-one coaching and services. never been done before. let me tell you something, folks. we were hoping to have a 10% participation rate. our participation rate is in excess of 90%. [applause] we would like to move this to the six states and afterwards make the national initiative. we are constrained by resource, but as i talked before about for sending creativity, we have a few ideas. so will be working on those. you can't let it get program like that type. and e
in rural america. for a long time, veterans from rural america have been underserved when it comes to employment. we realized this last year when we launched a pilot program in washington state, a very innovative partnership, will commit veterans service organizations, state government teams, corp. for community service, were the first time we get boots on the ground in rural america. we're calling and contacting veterans of america is the duty on employment services? when they say yes, we're...
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it really was apparent -- i just -- in america's competitivene competitiveness, with the retirement of baby boomers. it's a bit of a mixed message in your testimony. we are on the same page with technical education. harvard's pathway to prosperity, you said for too long, it's been a neglected stepchild of education reform. that neglect has to stop. we need to reimagine and make it urgent. there's an enormous overlooked program in school systems and ability to prosper as a nation. i think your remarks were brilliant. >> i stole them from you. >> yeah. what i wanted to come to, i agree with your setments and i serve as co-chair. i think it really has proven its results and training in a qualified work force for a small federal investment. it's specifically in education. despite that, the statesmen, the statement you made, the budget request and your testimony, you know, you affirm your support for it. frankly, the budget request for ct, or ct programs over 20%. just two questions. how do you expect schools to offer more ct programs that we need with purer resources. >> it's a great quest
it really was apparent -- i just -- in america's competitivene competitiveness, with the retirement of baby boomers. it's a bit of a mixed message in your testimony. we are on the same page with technical education. harvard's pathway to prosperity, you said for too long, it's been a neglected stepchild of education reform. that neglect has to stop. we need to reimagine and make it urgent. there's an enormous overlooked program in school systems and ability to prosper as a nation. i think your...
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that's more than half the population of america. in my state of illinois, one million people listened to our 14 million public radio stations and three million people rely on our eight public television stations. all told, funding for public broadcasting works out to about about $1.35 per american per year. 11 cents a month? i'd say that's a bargain. it's a fraction of what people would pay to get good information. eliminating federal funding for the corporation for public broadcast something going to force many smaller stations to close if the house republicans have their way. the first ones hit, west virginia, rural areas of illinois, small town america. they will be the ones to lose the service first. rural communities will be really hard hit as they rely more than big stations and big cities on federal funding. cutting all funding for public broadcasting, does anybody seriously believe that's going to affect the deficit? but it would be a great loss to tens of millions of americans who rely on public broadcasting for quality ent
that's more than half the population of america. in my state of illinois, one million people listened to our 14 million public radio stations and three million people rely on our eight public television stations. all told, funding for public broadcasting works out to about about $1.35 per american per year. 11 cents a month? i'd say that's a bargain. it's a fraction of what people would pay to get good information. eliminating federal funding for the corporation for public broadcast something...
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that work is under way all across america. if we do our part by fixing the law, we can accelerate that progress. the urgency for change has never been greater. the plain fact is that america is stagnating while the rest of the world moves ahead of us. the plain fact is that to lead in a new century we have no choice in this matter but to invest in education. no other issue is more critical to our economy, our future, and our way of life. so i look forward to working with you in the coming months to meet this challenge and to renew our commitment to our children and their future by building the education system they desperately need and deserve. thank you so much. i'm now happy to take your questions. >> thank you very much, mr. secretary. thanks again for being with us as ranking member said for the fourth time. thanks again for your willingness to work with us in a bipartisan way. and thanks for your testimony. i was pleased to see in your budget elimination of some 13 programs. that's sort of a baby step in the right directi
that work is under way all across america. if we do our part by fixing the law, we can accelerate that progress. the urgency for change has never been greater. the plain fact is that america is stagnating while the rest of the world moves ahead of us. the plain fact is that to lead in a new century we have no choice in this matter but to invest in education. no other issue is more critical to our economy, our future, and our way of life. so i look forward to working with you in the coming...
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by the time we left in 1993, every state in america had their own version of america 2000. it was tennessee 2000 or new hampshire 2000 or kansas 2000. moving toward the educational goals community by community. none of that would have happened without david kearns' enthusiasm, skill and leadership. in 1992 during a riot over rodney king in los angeles, president bush sent david to represent him. david had a strong background in civil rights. while he was there, he telephoned me and said this is the hardest phone call i've ever had to make. i have cancer. he just discovered he had cancer of the sinus. he came back and had an operation. the operation gradually destroyed his eyesight. that was 20 years ago, but it didn't stop david kearns. during that time he created a center for leadership at the university of rochester where he graduated and served as trustee for many years. to help him get around because he couldn't see, barely see, ep invited a young man each year to go with him to help him see and help him do what he needed to do. for those young men, nearly 20 over the l
by the time we left in 1993, every state in america had their own version of america 2000. it was tennessee 2000 or new hampshire 2000 or kansas 2000. moving toward the educational goals community by community. none of that would have happened without david kearns' enthusiasm, skill and leadership. in 1992 during a riot over rodney king in los angeles, president bush sent david to represent him. david had a strong background in civil rights. while he was there, he telephoned me and said this is...
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and when it comes to rural america, rural america will not be left out. when it comes to roads, we know that there are some places in rural america that need to enhance their roads. and there will be opportunities to do that in our plan, and our vision can't either through are accessing a highway funds or accessing the infrastructure bank, through leveraging perhaps some loan programs that we might have. we are committed to rural america, whether it is transit through teaming up with transit programs, but in the case like a state like alaska, we have to look for some innovative ways. we think the infrastructure bank is certainly one of those ways to do that. and our regular transportation program. >> very good. this was on my list but you made a comment, i want to make sure i understand is more of an education to people that might be watching or out in the audience. at february 11 i can you mentioned, that is in the c.r. that is coming over from the outside? >> that is in the bill that eliminated $60 million of the program. >> that is in the house bill 1?
and when it comes to rural america, rural america will not be left out. when it comes to roads, we know that there are some places in rural america that need to enhance their roads. and there will be opportunities to do that in our plan, and our vision can't either through are accessing a highway funds or accessing the infrastructure bank, through leveraging perhaps some loan programs that we might have. we are committed to rural america, whether it is transit through teaming up with transit...
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and i think we need someone who believes in america and america first principles and has a record to, that demonstrates i have the courage of my convictions to go out and fight for those principles. to fight for limited government. to fight for a government that believes that we are a great country because of our people. and our people are free and free people individually, and then, collectively, have created the greatest country in history, not a powerful washington group of people who can plan the course of america. that is not how america became great. it didn't become great because of things done here in washington, d.c. they came here because the people in washington, d.c. believed, originally, that our country would be great if free people were given the ability to pursue their dreams, do what god's call on their life was, and they would have a better country, we would be our brothers keepers. we would create the great society from the bottom up and we did. and now we have a group of people who believe that we can perfect it by doing it from the top down. and i disagree with th
and i think we need someone who believes in america and america first principles and has a record to, that demonstrates i have the courage of my convictions to go out and fight for those principles. to fight for limited government. to fight for a government that believes that we are a great country because of our people. and our people are free and free people individually, and then, collectively, have created the greatest country in history, not a powerful washington group of people who can...
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but they're doing it all over america. our u.s. department of education, however, demands an 11% increase this year. after two substantial increases the previous two years. i think it's 38% increase in three years for the department of education. this can't be contained? we can't have level funding for the department of education? we've got to have an increase of 11% on 2% inflation? five times the inflation rate after two previous years. this is living within our means when we're going to have next year a deficit of over $1 trillion? and energy came in yesterday, dr. chu. he wants a 9.5 % increase in spending. basically all i can see the department of energy does is take money, try to mandate programs to require people to use more expensive energy and participate, i guess, with the interior department in locking up energy sources in the united states. so we ought to be unlocking and creating jobs and prosperity and wealth for america. they need to get their act together. the price of gasoline is going up. i traveled my state last
but they're doing it all over america. our u.s. department of education, however, demands an 11% increase this year. after two substantial increases the previous two years. i think it's 38% increase in three years for the department of education. this can't be contained? we can't have level funding for the department of education? we've got to have an increase of 11% on 2% inflation? five times the inflation rate after two previous years. this is living within our means when we're going to have...
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stay in america. thank you, mr. president. and i yield the floor. the presiding officer: the senator from maryland. mr. cardin: thank you, mr. president. 12 years ago this very day the senate passed a resolution that honored harriet tubman, har yet tubman day -- harriet tubman day on march 10. that resolution was sponsored by senator carper and then senator biden. in the house of representatives i served and i cosponsored a similar resolution. harriet tubman was a remarkable woman. she was born in dorchester county, maryland in 1822 and she was a slave for greater than 25 years of her life. at age 25 she married john tubman. she escaped slavery in 1849, but she returned to the eastern shore of maryland not once, but 19 times that we know of within a ten-year period in order to rescue slaves and to set them free. she rescued slaves in dorchester, in caroline county in maryland and throughout the entire northeast. she was known as the modern-day moses for the underground railroad. in the civil war, she
stay in america. thank you, mr. president. and i yield the floor. the presiding officer: the senator from maryland. mr. cardin: thank you, mr. president. 12 years ago this very day the senate passed a resolution that honored harriet tubman, har yet tubman day -- harriet tubman day on march 10. that resolution was sponsored by senator carper and then senator biden. in the house of representatives i served and i cosponsored a similar resolution. harriet tubman was a remarkable woman. she was born...
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the argument about america that is at the heart of this. he can argue that progressives, and i do work for the center for american progress, have an extra constitutional vision of the system of laws and of constitutional decision making that our view that we have a living constitution that should, to some degree, acknowledge the realities of the world we live in today, and that the reason why the constitution speaks in broader language is not as restrictive as statute is because our founders recognize that they could not determine what america would be 250-300 years from the times they lived in, so those who arguer for a broader constitutional perspective obviously limited by the text and having some strong adherence to the text, but still breathing to the degree that we recognize the facts in the way people live is not -- is not a vision that is not respectful of liberty. we define liberty just we may have a different vision of what that liberty means. for example, i, migs, personal -- myself, personally believe it is not respectful of som
the argument about america that is at the heart of this. he can argue that progressives, and i do work for the center for american progress, have an extra constitutional vision of the system of laws and of constitutional decision making that our view that we have a living constitution that should, to some degree, acknowledge the realities of the world we live in today, and that the reason why the constitution speaks in broader language is not as restrictive as statute is because our founders...
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secondly, a lot of uncertainty in america. all of our polls show consumers are concerned about their job. ron described this as the blast radius of the recession. like 70% of the people have a friend or family member who lost a job. so there is this uncertainty of, will i still have a job. as a result, they're spending less money. there is also uncertainty over the near-term direction of prices. why buy today if you think the price is going to go down five or 10% in the next year? might as well wait a little while. no incentive to keep buying. household formation rates dropped in this recession. some is due to the economic problems we have. so you don't have the a bunch of new houses. new people needing to buy houses. average income has been flat for over a decade. what will eventually drive long-term housing prices will be average incomes go up. if average incomes won't go up, it won't drive housing prices up. affordability relative to income is certainly better today than it is in last four or five years. and it is about to
secondly, a lot of uncertainty in america. all of our polls show consumers are concerned about their job. ron described this as the blast radius of the recession. like 70% of the people have a friend or family member who lost a job. so there is this uncertainty of, will i still have a job. as a result, they're spending less money. there is also uncertainty over the near-term direction of prices. why buy today if you think the price is going to go down five or 10% in the next year? might as well...
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america works when americans are working. america works when you can provide for your family. i want to create wealth so that every american has a chance for a better future. they are being productive and engaged in useful work. they are doing something that is meaningful for them. we have to get this economy growing again. we have to focus on cutting spending in washington, getting power back out of washington, controlling the bureaucrats who are trying to control us, and making it desirable and successful to invest and create jobs in america so that we can have a better future. the president in brazil got it exactly backward. present obama goes to brazil and says to brazilians, i am glad you are drilling for oil offshore. then he says, i hope we can be your customer. that is exactly backwards. i want us to create american energy in america. i want resilience to be our customers. -- i want the people of brazil to be our customers. [applause] the obama economic model is borrow money from the chinese and give it to the brazilians. our model ought to be and that in america, crea
america works when americans are working. america works when you can provide for your family. i want to create wealth so that every american has a chance for a better future. they are being productive and engaged in useful work. they are doing something that is meaningful for them. we have to get this economy growing again. we have to focus on cutting spending in washington, getting power back out of washington, controlling the bureaucrats who are trying to control us, and making it desirable...
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the america invents act would create that system. it transitions our patent system from a first-to-invent system to a first-inventor-to-file system by simply using the filing date of an application to determine the true inventor, the bill increases the speed of the patent application process while also rewarding novel, cutting-edge innovations. a first-to-file system creates more certainty for inventors looking to see if an idea has already been patented. at the same time, the bill still provides a safe harbor of one year for inventers to go out and market their inventions before having to file for their patent. this grace period is one of the reasons our nation's top research universities, like the university of minnesota, support the bill. the grace period protects professors who discuss their inventions with colleagues or publish them in journals before filing their patent application. mr. president, with that, i know senator rockefeller is here to discuss a very important issue. thank you. mr. rockefeller: mr. president? the pres
the america invents act would create that system. it transitions our patent system from a first-to-invent system to a first-inventor-to-file system by simply using the filing date of an application to determine the true inventor, the bill increases the speed of the patent application process while also rewarding novel, cutting-edge innovations. a first-to-file system creates more certainty for inventors looking to see if an idea has already been patented. at the same time, the bill still...